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Research findings from City Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology update understanding of pancreatitis

Published in Biotech Business Week, July 5th, 2010

Research findings, 'A case of serous cystic tumor, which recurred with severe acute pancreatitis,' are discussed in a new report. "A 76-year-old woman with serous cystic tumor (SCT) was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain and was given a diagnosis of severe acute pancreatitis. Infusion of intravenous protein inhibitor and continuous hemodiafiltration (CHDF) were started and she was placed on a respirator, but she died on the 6th day after diagnosis," scientists in Japan report.

"On autopsy, each SCT cyst showed evidence of hemorrhage. We supposed that the growth of the SCT after hemorrhage compressed the main pancreatic duct and caused severe acute...

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